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サムエル記Ⅱ 13
Japanese Living Bible
サムエル記Ⅱ 13
Japanese Living Bible
アムノンとタマル
13 ダビデの息子の一人、王子アブシャロムには、タマルという美しい妹がいました。ところが、タマルの異母兄に当たる王子アムノンが、彼女に深く思いを寄せるようになったのです。 2 アムノンはタマルへの恋に苦しみ、煩うまでになってしまいました。未婚の娘と若者とは厳格に隔てられていて、話しかける機会さえなかったのです。 3 ところが、アムノンには悪賢い友人が一人いました。ダビデの兄シムアの息子で、いとこに当たるヨナダブです。
4 ある日、ヨナダブはアムノンに尋ねました。「何か心配事でもあるのか。どうして、王子ともあろう者が、日に日にそれほどやつれていくのだ。」
アムノンは打ち明けました。「ぼくは妹のタマルを愛してしまった。」
5 「なんだ、そうか。では、よい方法を教えてやろう。床に戻って、仮病を使うのだ。父君のダビデ王が見舞いに来られたら、タマルをよこして食事を作らせてくださいと頼むといい。タマルのこしらえたものを食べればきっとよくなる、と申し上げるのだ。」ヨナダブはこう入れ知恵したのです。
6 アムノンは言われたとおりにしました。王が見舞いに来ると、「妹タマルをよこして、食事を用意させてください」とだけ願い出ました。 7 ダビデはうなずき、タマルに、「アムノンの住まいへ行き、何か手料理をごちそうしてやってくれ」と頼んだのです。 8 タマルはアムノンの寝室を訪れました。アムノンは、タマルが粉をこねてパンを作る姿をじっと見つめていました。タマルはアムノンのために、とびきりおいしいパンを焼き上げました。 9 ところが、それをお盆に載せてアムノンの前に差し出しても、口に入れようとしません。アムノンは召使たちに、「みんな、下がってくれ」と命じたので、みな部屋から出て行きました。 10 すると、彼はタマルに言ったのです。「もう一度、そのパンをこっちに運んで来て、食べさせてくれないか。」タマルは言われるままに、そばへ行きました。 11 ところが、目の前に近づいたタマルに、アムノンは、「さあ、タマル。おまえはぼくのものだ」と捕まえたのです。 12 彼女はびっくりして叫びました。「やめてください、お兄様！ こんなばかなこと、いけないわ。イスラエルでは、それがどれほど重い罪かご存じでしょう。 13 こんな辱しめを受けたら、私、どこにも顔出しできません。お兄様だって、国中の笑い者になります。どうしてもというのなら、今すぐにでも、お父様に申し出てください。きっと二人の結婚を許してくださるわ。」
14 しかし、アムノンはそれを聞こうともせず、力ずくでタマルを自分のものにしてしまったのです。 15 それから急に、彼はタマルに対して憎悪を抱くようになりました。それは、彼女に先に抱いた愛よりも激しいものでした。「さっさと出て行け！」アムノンはどなりました。 16 タマルは必死に言いました。「いけません！ 今、私を追い出したりなさったら、たった今なさったことより、もっと大きな罪を犯すことになります。」
しかし、アムノンは聞こうとはしませんでした。 17-18 召使を呼ぶと、「この女を追い出し、戸を閉めてくれ」と命じ、タマルを放り出しました。当時、未婚の王女は、みな袖のある長服を着ていましたが、 19 彼女はその服を裂き、頭に灰をかぶり、手を頭に置いて、泣きながら帰って行きました。
20 タマルの実の兄アブシャロムは、妹に問いただしました。「アムノンがおまえを辱しめたというのはほんとうか。落ち着きなさい。身内でのことだから、何も心配することはない。」それでタマルは、兄アブシャロムの住まいでひっそり暮らしていました。
21-22 王はこの一件を耳にし、烈火のごとく怒りました。アブシャロムは、このことについてはアムノンに何も言いませんでした。しかし心の中では、妹を辱しめたアムノンに、はらわたが煮えくり返るような思いでした。
アムノン殺害
23-24 それから二年が過ぎ、アブシャロムの羊の毛の刈り取りがエフライムのバアル・ハツォルで行われた時、彼は父と兄弟全員を、刈り取りの祝いに招くことにしました。
25 王は答えました。「いや、アブシャロム。われわれがみな押しかけたら、おまえに負担がかかりすぎる。」
アブシャロムがどんなに勧めても、ダビデは、「気持ちだけをありがたく受け取る」と言って断りました。
26 「父上においでいただけないのでしたら、名代として、アムノンをよこしてくださいませんか。」
「なに、アムノンだと？ またどうして、あれを。」
27 しかし、アブシャロムが熱心に頼むので、ついにダビデも承知し、アムノンも含めて、王子全員が顔をそろえることになりました。
28 アブシャロムは従者たちに命じました。「アムノンが酔うまで待つのだ。私が合図したら、あいつを殺せ。恐れるな。私の命令だから、勇気を出して、やり遂げるのだ！」
29-30 こうしてアムノンは、アブシャロムの従者の手で殺されたのです。驚いたのは、ほかの王子たちです。それぞれらばに飛び乗って逃げ帰りました。
彼らがまだエルサレムへ帰り着かないうちに、この知らせがダビデのもとに届きました。「アブシャロム様が、王子たちを皆殺しになさいました。生き残った方は一人もありません！」
31 王はびっくりして立ち上がり、服を引き裂き、地にひれ伏すようにその場に倒れ込みました。家臣たちも、恐れと悲しみに包まれて服を裂きました。 32-33 しかしそこへ、王の兄シムアの子ヨナダブが駆けつけて、真相を伝えました。「違います。王子たちがみな殺されたのではありません！ 殺されたのはアムノン王子だけです。アブシャロム様は、タマル様のことがあった日から、ずっとこの機会をねらっていたのでしょう。王子たちみなではなく、アムノン王子だけです。」
34 一方、アブシャロムは逃げました。エルサレムの城壁の上で見張っていた兵たちは、山沿いの道から町へ向かって来る一群を見つけました。 35 ヨナダブは王に言いました。「ごらんください！ 王子たちがこちらに向かっておいでになります。今、私が申し上げたとおりです。」
36 彼らは到着するや、声を上げて泣きました。王も家臣も共に泣きました。 37-39 一方アブシャロムは、アミフデの子であるゲシュルの王タルマイのもとに逃げ、そこに三年間とどまっていました。ダビデは、アムノンの死についてしばらく嘆き悲しんでいましたが、ようやくあきらめがついたのか、アブシャロムに会いたいと思うようになりました。
2 Samuel 13
New International Version
2 Samuel 13
New International Version
Amnon and Tamar
13 In the course of time, Amnon(A) son of David fell in love with Tamar,(B) the beautiful sister of Absalom(C) son of David.
2 Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.
3 Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah,(D) David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. 4 He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?”
Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
5 “Go to bed and pretend to be ill,” Jonadab said. “When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.’”
6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.”
7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.” 8 So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. 9 Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.
“Send everyone out of here,”(E) Amnon said. So everyone left him. 10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.” And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. 11 But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed(F) her and said, “Come to bed with me, my sister.”(G)
12 “No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel!(H) Don’t do this wicked thing.(I) 13 What about me?(J) Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.” 14 But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.(K)
15 Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”
16 “No!” she said to him. “Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.”
But he refused to listen to her. 17 He called his personal servant and said, “Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.” 18 So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate[a] robe,(L) for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. 19 Tamar put ashes(M) on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.
20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a desolate woman.
21 When King David heard all this, he was furious.(N) 22 And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad;(O) he hated(P) Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.
Absalom Kills Amnon
23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers(Q) were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there. 24 Absalom went to the king and said, “Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?”
25 “No, my son,” the king replied. “All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.
26 Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.”
The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?” 27 But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.
28 Absalom(R) ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high(S) spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.(T)” 29 So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.
30 While they were on their way, the report came to David: “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.” 31 The king stood up, tore(U) his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.
32 But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. 33 My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king’s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
34 Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.
Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, “I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.”[b]
35 Jonadab said to the king, “See, the king’s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.”
36 As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.
37 Absalom fled and went to Talmai(V) son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.
38 After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. 39 And King David longed to go to Absalom,(W) for he was consoled(X) concerning Amnon’s death.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 13:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.
- 2 Samuel 13:34 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.
2 Samuel 13
King James Version
2 Samuel 13
King James Version
13 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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